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Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
Living well is the best revenge.
Living well is the best revenge.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.
All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.